Way down in the mine

09/12/12 • 27 min

We are cruising down a European highway through the wooded hills of Belgium. We are 30 kilometers from the border with the southern tip of Holland. We are on a detour to an abandoned coal-mine-turned-into-art-space-commentary on the state of capitalism.

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